May 18, 2023
Liberia: Land Dispute Causes Fear and Anxiety for Residents of Dixville, Montserrado County
Residents of Dixville Township in District 11, Montserrado County, have raised an alarm over constant fear due to a disputed land crisis within their community. Read more »
Liberia: Bong Is the First County to Elect and Validate a County Council Under the Local Governance Act
Bong County became the first County to elect a nine-member County Council to decide on development projects funded under the County and Social Development Fund (CSDF) in the… Read more »
May 17, 2023
Liberia: Officials On High Alert as U.S. Imposes Restrictions On Nigerian Election Meddlers - Possible Premonition for Liberia
In December last year, there were high expectations that got many individuals, especially, officials of government sitting on the edge when they thought a new batch of sanctions… Read more »
Liberia: Political Stakeholders On High Alert As U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions On Nigerian Election Meddlers - a Possible Premonition for Liberia
In December last year, there were high expectations that got many individuals, especially, officials of government sitting on the edge when they thought a new batch of sanctions… Read more »
Liberia: Senate Pro-Tempore Albert T. Chie's Statement At the Opening of the Second Segment of the 6th Session of the 54th Legislature On May 16, 2023
Madam Vice President and President of the Senate, Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Football Association Admits New Members At 27th Ordinary Congress
Nine clubs have been officially admitted as members of the Liberia Football Association Congress. Read more »
Liberia: Alternative Youth Radio Establishes a U.S.$40,000 Multimedia Complex in Zorzor, Lofa County
On May 11, 2023, the Alternative Youth Radio (AYR), Liberia's first youth radio in Zorzor City, Lofa County officially dedicated its cutting-edge multimedia complex, which cost… Read more »
Liberia: 'Weah Can't Unite a Hungry and Unemployed People,' MPC Simeon Freeman's Unification Day Message to Liberians
Simeon Freeman, standard bearer of the Movement for Progressive Change (MPC), has said celebrating National Unification Holiday under President George Weah is a nothing short of… Read more »
Liberia: ActionAid Liberia Launches Two-Year Project to Protect Human Rights Defenders
ActionAid Liberia (AAL), in partnership with Youth Alive Liberia (YAL), Liberian Women Empowerment Network (LIWEN) is launching a two-year project funded by the European Union… Read more »
Liberia: 'Ban Widal Test for Typhoid Due to Inaccuracies'
A prominent global infectious disease expert, Dr. Dougbeh Christopher Nyan has proposed the banning of the Widal Test in Liberia, a serological testing method commonly used for… Read more »
Liberia: Legislative Staffers Pledge Support to Boakai-Koung Ticket, Celebrate Sen. Kargar-Lawrence for Endorsing Unity Party
The Boakia-Koung ticket of the opposition Unity Party continues to garner momentum with less than five months the October 10 Presidential and Legislative Election. Read more »
Liberia: 'Kessie Is Aware of This Story', Says Uncle of Franck Kessie
The uncle of Barcelona and Ivorian midfielder Gustave Bailly has admitted that the African star is aware of the news of a Liberian woman claiming to be his biological mother. Read more »
Liberia: Adama Dempster Discusses War Crimes Issues With U.S. Ambassador On War Crimes in the Us
The US Ambassador on Global Criminal Justice recently met with Adama Dempster of the CSO Platform in collaboration with Human Rights Watch and the Center for Justice and… Read more »
Liberia: WHO Donates Two Ambulances, One Pickup to MoH for National Infectious Centre
The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative to Liberia, Dr. Peter Clement, has turnover two ambulances and a Toyota Landcruiser pickup to the Ministry of Health in… Read more »
Liberia: CBL Executive Governor Touts Private Investment As Key Driver of Job Growth At Afreximbank Liberia Trade Roadshow in Monrovia
The Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) Aloysius Tarlue has underscored the significance of investment in the private sector, with a call on Liberians to discourage the… Read more »
Liberia: Prince Johnson's MDR Expells Wilfred Bangura, Melvin Yealu and Gonpu Kargon for Maintaining Support to Pres. Weah's Re-Election
The Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR), through its National Executive Committee (NEC) has expelled three senior executives from the party including Nimba County… Read more »
Liberia: Senate Pro-Tempore Chie Calls for More Legislative Oversight of Executive, Judiciary Branches of Govt
The President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Senator Albert Tugbe Chie, has called for more legislative oversight of the executive and judiciary. Speaking at the opening of… Read more »
Liberia: Police Arrest 36-Year-Old Woman for Allegedly Burying Her Baby Alive
Police in Gbarnga have charged and sent to court a 36-year-old woman for allegedly burying alive her two-day-old baby, two days after giving birth. Read more »
Liberia: Maryland Senator to CDC - 'Even If You Cannot Do What UP Did, Just Clear the Mud From the Road'
The Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) government seems to be disappointed in the results of what it put together in 2017 and has made dispiriting comments about the George Weah… Read more »
Liberia: Elders in Nimba Endorse Weah Second Terms - Assure Him of One-Round Victory
The elders, traditional leaders and stakeholders of Nimba County in a jubilate and overwhelming joy stormed the streets of Saclepea City, Nimba County with a resolution endorsing… Read more »
May 16, 2023
Liberia: Finnish Appeal Court Wraps Up War Crimes Trial in Liberia for Ex-RUF Commander, Gibril Massaquoi - Verdict Expected September
Finland's Turku Court of Appeal has concluded the second phase of hearings in Liberia of witnesses for Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean man accused of war crimes in Liberia. Read more »
Liberia: Sister Aide Liberia Wants Legislature Speedy Intervention of Revised Public Health Bill Into Law
Sister Aide Liberia in partnership with the Health Association of Liberia and Civil Society Organizations has called for speedy passage of the revised public health bill into law… Read more »
Liberia: 'I Won't Fall in Such Trap' - Nyonblee Explains Reasons Behind Her Refusal to Be Mr. Cummings' Running Mate
Grand Bassa County Senator, Nyonblee Karngar-Lawrence, Sunday said it would have a "trap" had she accepted to go as running mate to Alexander Cummings of the Collaborating… Read more »
Liberia: Rep Gray Accuses Boakai-Koung Camp of Holding Meetings With Taiwanese Officials With a Plan to Snub Liberia's One China Policy If Elected
Representative Acarous Moses Gray (CDC, District #8, Montserrado County) has accused the former ruling Unity Party (UP) of conspiring with Taiwan to do away with the 'One China… Read more »
Liberia: SOS Call - 25 Made Homeless, As Uncontrollable Fire Guts Homes in Fendall Community Destroying All Their Belongings
Over 25 persons, mostly women and children, are currently homeless as a result of a fire incident that gutted two apartments in Lower Careysburg, Montserrado County, destroying all… Read more »